To the right, on the Audio Library page there is a tone generator.
First, turn down the volume on your system. For best results use a headset or ear phones.
When you press play a tone will sound. There is a choice of tones which you can select to suit, as close as possible, your tone you hear with tinnitus.
Once the tone is playing you can either manually enter numbers in the window or use the up and down arrows to move the tone higher or lower.
A lot of people suffer from quite a high tone which would be above 2500Hz, some a low tone which would be below. At this point go up or down and try to emulate what you hear with your tinnitus.
Trying Tones and Waves
Once you find the area of your tone, then you can proceed with this number in mind, to find sounds near that frequency.
Also, consider octaves up or down, (more info on the library page) using the selected frequency, giving you other higher or lower options to try, that may not be so harsh or just work better for you.
You want your volume to be set to low as you are not trying to blast out the tinnitus. There will be a ‘mix-point’ where the volume and tone combined correctly may work for you.
Start with the 'White Noise - Focused’ which is less aggressive than the ‘pushed’ versions. The player on each page offers previews so you can quickly go through the relevant frequencies.
Try other categories of sounds including the various tones, combo's with pink/white noise. If none of these seem to dull your tinnitus then try the notch filter category, which removes specific frequencies in your target area. What's suited may well be just a clean raw sine wave, a the similar sounding but more 'hollow' square wave, or 'a bit more sharp' the needle pulse wave.
You may also find that a lower more calming sound such as with the 'pink noise high cut' works for you.
If the sound in your ears/head is a pure sounding, rounded tone as opposed to a ‘static’ or ‘whistle’ type sound you may find that the tones such as ‘Sine’ or ‘Needle Pulse’ are more suitable.
Distracting your Brain
Consider tones may be distracting your brain from creating the tinnitus and therefore there may well be a frequency that is away from your target area that works. At this point it would be trial and error, going through sounds and previewing them to see if something is suitable for you.
Quick Purchase and Download
Once you find a suitable wave, simply click 'buy now' and following payment you will be redirected back to the web site to download a 1hr version of the file.
You wont have to wait for an email and a link will also be there (copy this) which is live for 24hrs.
Bespoke Files
If you find a wave working well that’s high in pitch but also something low sounding that's good, you could get in touch and I can layer these for you in the studio to create a suitable personalised mix (£20 including revisions). I often do this for people including panning (how much in each ear). Sometimes a combination of low cut pink noise at say 600Hz and also a focused white noise at a high frequency is suitable.
For this reason I created the category of Pink/White combined, where the pink noise also has a phasing effect, meant to focus the brain on the movement but with the constant high white noise unaffected.